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Iraq cancels a ministerial meeting and summons the Turkish ambassador as Iraq blames Turkey for a drone strike that killed two high-ranking Iraqi military officers. Officials called it a "blatant Turkish drone attack" in the autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq.
2020-08-12

The Law Society of England and Wales issues a report claiming that Turkey has prosecuted 1,539 lawyers since the 2016 coup d'état attempt. The report states that 580 people still remain incarcerated with 103 more having received prison sentences.
2018-03-31

At least 47 ISIL militants have been killed by Turkish and U.S.-led bombing raids by fighter jets on the town of al-Bab in the last 24 hours, with the Turkish Armed Forces attacking 135 other ISIL targets in northern Syria.
2017-02-3

ISIS claims responsibility for the deaths of two Syrian refugee activists who fled to Sanliurfa, Turkey, raising concerns about the group’s reach in countries outside of Syria and Iraq. Ibrahim Abdel Qader, a founder of Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently, and Fares Hammadi are said to have been killed by an acquaintance posing as a defector from ISIS.
2015-11-3

Twitter and YouTube are both inaccessible for hours in Turkey; part of a crack-down on social media by the government there.
2015-04-6

Russia abandons its plans for the South Stream pipeline to Bulgaria due to European Union objections instead looking at a pipeline to Turkey.
2014-12-1

Turkey blocks access to YouTube after a high-level intelligence leak.
2014-03-27

Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accuses American and Israeli influence of being the ouster of Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi; which are denied by both.
2013-08-20

Rebels take over the city of Harem in Idlib Governorate on the border with Turkey, about 55 kms west of Aleppo.
2012-12-25

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announces the new cabinet of Turkey.
2011-07-6